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To: usconservative; MeganC

I’m somewhere inbetween. I grew up poor and had to scrape most of my life. Finally I got a job that paid well and I went a little wild. I maxed myself out, though, it wasn’t the economy that did it to me. But I had to constrict around the same time everyone else did, late 2008. I know it’s my own fault, though. So I just tightened the belt back up, returned to my old scraping ways, held onto most of what I’d accumulated during the wild times, and... I’m more or less okay. Got a little debt, got a little savings. Got a nice place to live, but no car. I’ll be on a money diet for another year or so, but when it’s over, I do intend not to make that mistake again.

35 posted on 12/27/2011 5:26:32 PM PST by A_perfect_lady

To: A_perfect_lady

I’ll be on a money diet for another year or so, but when it’s over, I do intend not to make that mistake again.

Sounds like you're on the right track, stay the course. Best wishes to you in the New Year.

38 posted on 12/27/2011 5:38:35 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))

To: A_perfect_lady

I went and am still going through something similar.

43 posted on 12/27/2011 7:23:55 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)

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